Roles Played By Taste and Smell When Choosing a Cigar

We examined the roles that sight and touch play in the smoking experience. Now, we are going to look at the role played by the senses of smell and taste. These two senses are difficult to separate from each other. Even though certain people have better senses of smell or taste, almost every individual believes that sinus problems can have negative impacts on the taste buds. The bottom line is that a person who cannot smell loses 50 percent of the necessary factors that result in a positive smoking experience.

Various kinds of tobacco go into the manufacturing of a cigar, so it is important that the manufacturer develops a pleasant flavor. One of the problems that every cigar manufacturer needs to address is that cigars need to display the same flavors throughout the years. This is a difficult task to accomplish because every tobacco leaf is unique. The taste of tobacco is continuously subject to change because of the variance in the qualities of the leaves.

There are two reasons that cigar manufacturers use different types of tobacco during the cigar manufacturing process. One reason is because the leaves vary in taste, depending when and where they are grown. It is not an easy process to produce handmade cigars because there are so many variants that manufacturers need to confront. Manufacturing a cigar differs from the production of a product that consists of man-made ingredients. Cigar makers need to deal with natural products when they manufacture cigars.

Consequently, there is no such thing as a consistent blend. For instance, a person who eats two different apples may notice that each apple tastes slightly different even though people, mostly due to habit, may think that the apples taste identical. Similarly, one cigar never duplicates the exact taste of another product, but adding more flavorful tobacco this year and a milder flavor next year helps to create a sense of similarity even if this sensation is not exactly true.

Additionally, the complexities involved in manufacturing cigars include the following factors: types of soil, varieties of tobacco, weather conditions, ground conditions, curing aspects, harvesting, processes involving fermenting the tobacco, curing, the actual manufacturing process and the level of humidity.

However, the basic idea is that any type of binder, even if it is not a strong type of tobacco, has an effect on the smoker's experience, and the filler is the component that renders the cigar's general potency. The wrapper adds its own kind of look to each cigar. Due to various growing conditions and varieties of tobacco seeds, every wrapper is unique.

The roles of aging and construction also need proper consideration. A high quality cigar features various levels of taste that are altered by incorporating tobacco, representing different ages. Normally, tobacco that is aged adds a smoother and more robust taste to the cigar. This does not mean that an aged cigar is superior. On the contrary, the significance of aging means that the cigar has a rounder, more mellower taste that differs from a sharp flavor.

Additionally, how good a cigar tastes depends on well it is constructed. High quality construction yields a vastly superior product. A faulty draw caused by poor construction yields a smoking experience that is not optimal. A cigar that burns too quickly, known as a loose draw, makes the temperature higher, which serves to render the taste unfavorable. The sensation of the taste buds is reduced by a tight smoke. The basic meaning of this aspect is that the ability to draw less smoke ultimately leads to a deficient flavor.